THE JUDGE TOOK A FOUR-WEEK LEAVE OF ABSENCE AFTER THE SCUFFLE AND HAS NOW RETURNED TO WORK. HE HAS 20 DAYS TO RESPOND TO THE CHARGES. RIGHT NOW, PROTESTERS ARE MAKING THEIR WAY TO ORLANDO CITY HALL. THEY'RE UPSET WITH HOW THE POLICE BROKE UP A PEACEFUL PARTY LAST MONTH. THEY'RE HEADING FROM PARAMOUR TO CITY HALL. ERIC SANDOVAL IS LIVE TONIGHT. PROTESTS LIKE THIS ARE MAKING NATIONAL HEADLINES RIGHT NOW. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FERGUSON, MISSOURI RIGHT NOW. THE PROTESTS HAVE BEEN VERY VIOLENT, MATT. THIS ONE THAT'S ACTUALLY STILL FORMING BEHIND ME IS A PEACEFUL, MUCH SMALLER PROTEST, BUT ALSO AGAINST A POLICE DEPARTMENT. THESE PROTESTERS WANT THE ORLANDO POLICE DEPARTMENT TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE TACTICS THEY USED IN BREAKING UP THAT BLOCK PARTY. PEOPLE STARTED LINING UP LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO MAKE THE 20-MINUTE WALK FROM THE CITY'S PARAMOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO ORLANDO CITY HALL. IF WE MUST COME TOGETHER ON ONE ACCORD, IN THE CITY BEAUTIFUL, THIS IS THE CITY BEAUTIFUL, RIGHT? ORLANDO IS THE CITY BEAUTIFUL. THIS IS THE CITY BEAUTIFUL. WE WANT TO KEEP IT LIKE THAT. THEY'RE MARCHING IN PROTEST TO THIS. ORLANDO POLICE OFFICERS IN RIOT GEAR USING SMOKE GRENADES TO BREAK UP WHAT POLICE AND PARTYGOERS AGREE WAS A PEACEFUL BLOCK PARTY ON JULY 27TH. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND NO ONE WAS ARRESTED. ORLANDO POLICE SAY THE BIG RESPONSE WAS SIMPLY PROMPTED BY THE LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE. THEY SAY THERE WERE NEARLY A THOUSAND PEOPLE HERE. AND THERE WAS NO PERMIT. AFTER WEEKS OF WORKING WITH ATTORNEYS, SOME OF THE PARTYGOERS NOW SAY THEY'RE READY TO FILE OFFICIAL COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE DEPARTMENT. BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE SAY THEY WANT TO BE LISTENED TO, NOT JUST HEARD. LET'S ALL GET TOGETHER AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO IN OUR COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW? BACK OUT HERE LIVE IN PARAMOUR, SOME CARS HAVE BEEN DRIVING INTO THE PARKING LOT HERE TO JOIN THESE PROTESTERS IN THEIR MARCH TO CITY HALL. WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY SEEING HERE IS SOME OF THE PROTESTERS WITH A BULLHORN, URGING PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF THEIR HOUSES RIGHT NOW AND JOIN THEM AS THEY MARCH DOWN ANDERSON STREET TO CITY HALL. I SPOKE WITH THE ORLANDO POLICE. THEY SAID THEY HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENT ON THIS ISSUE OTHER THAN WHAT THEY SAID BEFORE, WHICH IS "WE STRIVE TO TREAT CITIZENS FAIRLY IN ANY EVENT AND UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES." THOSE COMPLAINTS YOU MENTIONED ARE KEY TO AN INVESTIGATION THAT POLICE DO, RIGHT? YEAH. ORLANDO POLICE SAID THEY WOULD NOT CONDUCT ANY INTERNAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE USE OF POLICE IN RIOT GEAR FROM THAT NIGHT UNLESS THEY GET ANY FORMAL COMPLAINTS AND THAT'S WHY THE FORMAL COMPLAINTS ARE SO IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THIS RALLY AND THEY WANT TO GET THEM SUBMITTED TO CITY HALL AND THE POLICE

ORLANDO, Fla. -

A small group of residents who live in the city's Parramore neighborhood marched to city hall Thursday evening as a show of unity against the Orlando Police Department.

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